THE HOUSES THAT JOHN BUILDS

THE HOUSES THAT E JOHN BUILDS

You can’t see house’s substanceyou can see home’s beauty

homes stand still by themselvesradiating beauty to the life it bringsto houses in its neighborhoodlook and see

as a tree stands alonemankind feels tree’s lovelinessas it growschanging three or four times a seasoncut down the tree explore its inner elegancesgrowth patterns shape and colora tree is a dynamic generator of inner graceand outer joy of its beautylet the trees inner beauty remain expressed

clear glass wall is the liberatorcan’t see this system’s substanceif you can’t your house doesn’t fit into site’s beautyexperience site’s interesting views andmarry site’s landscaping andinternal room’s ambiance togetherare windows only to let light insidewhen are windows only to observe a viewbuilding a glass wall and discovering your treesenjoy your front yard flowersperhaps a bird or a rabbit will graceyour landscaped land

the average house owner cuts a hole in a wallsticks a window in the hole andcalls this act colonial architecturethe ordinary house builder will determine the good designof his buildings by counting the number of gables seenstarting with two gablesthen counting to sevenjust think I have built a house of seven gablesand have become a house designer

you are able to see the lack of design substanceobserve the principles ofgood architectural designevery well designed building knows these principlesand sings the beauty of form radiating